Join the University of Colorado Denver Business School and the Bard Center for Entrepreneurship on October 10, 2012  for the first event of this year’s Entrepreneurship Speaker Series . The Bard Center will be presenting speakers throughout the fall for their free speaker series. The October 10, 2012 event will feature Tom Cycyota, President and CEO of AlloSource. Cycyota will discuss why Mission Driven Organizations have good outcomes and how a mission can help a business with crucial business decisions as it is growing and changing to meet new business challenges.

The October 10, 2012 session with Tom Cycyota will be held at the University of Colorado Denver Lawrence Street Center, located at 1380 Lawrence Street, 80202. The event will take place in the Terrace Room, on the second floor, from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Tom Cycyota has more than 30 years of experience in the medical device industry.  As President and CEO of AlloSource, a leading developer, processor, and distributor of bone and soft tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures around the world, Tom develops and implements strategy that align with the company’s mission to honor the gift of tissue donation by maximizing its impact to the medical community and patient recipients.  Under Tom’s leadership, AlloSource has become one of the largest and most respected tissue banks in the country. Prior to joining AlloSource, Tom was the Vice President of Alternate Care Business with Johnson & Johnson Medical (JJM). In this Board-level role, he led the company’s movement into the alternate healthcare market. Previous positions also include serving as Worldwide Director, Marketing, Wound Management for JJM and Vice President of Marketing and Materials Management with New Dimensions in Medicine.  He also spent ten years at Kendall Healthcare Products Company.

Visit http://goo.gl/E06gs to reserve your space for this session and to find out about all of the speaker series events from the Bard Center for Entrepreneurship at the CU Denver Business School.